After reading lots of threads in this great forum I'd like to ask for some advice. I'm unhappy with the noise my computer makes, especially in idle mode. I don't care that much when the GPU cranks up while I'm gaming because I won't realise it. With headphones on and the game's music in my ears it won't get noticed. But when I'm watching TV shows or browse the web I'm annoyed by the fan noise.

I use the two front fans, the one in the back and one on the bottom. Every one of those came with the case and is connected directly to the motherboard. In the Asus BIOS I use the lowest settings possible.

I'm unsure where I can improve. Like if need to buy a seperate fan controller, change my BIOS settings etc. I definitely want to buy other fans or change my setup entirely.

How are the cpu and case fans controlled? Are you using the UEFI set up or Fan Xpert or something else?- What are the current settings for these?- What temps are you seeing at idle and during a long gaming session?

How is the gfx card fan controlled? The default that came with the card, a fan profile in CCC or have you tried using MSI's Afterburner to create a fan profile?

You should be able to dial down the CPU and case fans to pretty quiet levels. I don't know what the minimum setting is for the gfx card...but my guess is that will be the remaining noise at idle/low load.

So, what's the primary source of idle noise? I found it to be useful to unplug all of the case fans and other spinning devices and then slowly add more after getting a feel for what rpm you can hear for each fan.

Speedfan couldn't get the RPM any lower. So the noise is still at the same level. Maybe I did something wrong? Is changing the values in the first screen right?

With some systems it works straight away however with some systems you manually have to go into the options, go to the advanced tab, select the chip concerned and change the fan header signal type to be PWM or whatever you need.

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